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Sundance Film Festival. Needless to say, due to COVID and the possibility of sponsoring a super spreader event, Sundance, like so many other film festivals have taken their party virtual.  So, how is that gonna work?  One of the most endearing things about attending is running through the snow and grabbing a shuttle to all those screenings, panels, parties and networking events.  How do you party and network online?  What about those conversations on a shuttle bus that may shift your differ...

Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The Sundance Film Festival is now underway, and even with a smaller program and mostly virtual events, it has still sent bolts of excitement through the air. New movies! Fresh filmmakers! As it should be. Advertisement Festival organizers have quite shrewdly leaned into all the ways this year can be not just unusual but special, crafting a unique online experience from waiting rooms to scree...

Featured image:  Moonstruck Drive-In, in Houston on November 11, 2020.Gary Fountain, Houston Chronicle / Contributor The seemingly cursed year of 2020 did manage do one thing well: pull us back into the cool allure of the Texas drive-in. Just roll into the drive-in, watch a movie under the stars and get a socially-distanced experience that brings you a little normalcy in the pandemic. Moonstruck Drive-In at East River satisfied that magical draw back to drive-ins when it opened last September....

In normal years, the Sundance Film Festival kicks off in late January with Hollywood's award season already in full swing. Producers, stars and journalists meet in the spectacular Utah mountains to swap last-minute Oscar tips, and catch a first glimpse of the next year's&#x2...

Online premieres and digital Q&As as Sundance goes virtual Reuters 1/28/2021 By Alicia Powell and Marie-Louise Gumuchian NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Red carpets for the stars might not be rolled out in Park City, Utah, this year, but the 2021 Sundance Film Festival is opening its doors to audiences globally with online premieres and virtual panels. Like many other festivals, the main U.S. showcase for independent film, founded by actor and director Robert Redford, has canceled its in-person ...

Opening night kicks off with the premieres including the Summer of Soul documentary from Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.   Jan. 28 / 10PM (premiere)  Courtesy of Sundance Institute Making his directorial debut, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson takes viewers to the Harlem Cultural Festival, which took place three months before Woodstock in 1969. The event hosted over 300,000 people and featured Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, and Nina Simone. However, no one has seen the footage since it’s been “...

Courtesy of Sundance "I can be a festival director and not wear pants," fest director Tabitha Jackson joked while participating in an opening online press conference via Zoom. Sundance Film Festival director Tabitha Jackson pointed to one unexpected advantage of going virtual with a reimagined 2021 edition during a surging coronavirus pandemic. "I can be a festival director and not wear pants," Jackson joked during an opening online press conference held via Zoom as Sundance kicked off on Thurs...

The 2021 Sundance Film Festival may have the event’s biggest audience ever, organizers say Online format opens films to more people, but Sundance’s director “can’t wait” to be back in Park City. (Screengrab image) Sundance Film Festival director Tabitha Jackson, top left, and Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam, top right, talk to reporters in a Zoom news conference Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, to kick off the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Gina Duncan, bottom, ...

Tanzi Propst/Park Record Sundance Film Festival 2021 will be like no other. Instead of screenings in theaters throughout town and panel discussions with filmmakers, composers and actors in the Filmmaker’s Lodge on Main Street, programming for the festival, which starts Thursday, will be virtual. Festival organizers, under the leadership of new Festival Director Tabitha Jackson, decided to reimagine the festival, centered around an online platform, due to the coronavirus concerns last spring. ...

As Sundance Kicks Off, the Specialty Film Biz Confronts an Uncertain Future Gregg Goldstein, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail As the 2021 Sundance Film Festival kicks off, the survival of indepen­dent and specialty films in theaters has never been more uncertain. Even when theaters fully reopen after COVID-19 vaccines roll out and the pandemic ends, how can arthouse pics survive amidst competition from similar films with A-list stars bowing on stream­ers and majestic franchise fare? “There...